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Do You Care Who Romney Chooses At His VP?

Pinkie said:
If you are planning to vote for Romney in the General Election, what difference does it make to your choice which person Romney chooses as his VP, assuming it isn't David Duke or someone equally FUBAR?

I just don't see how this could matter.

Explain, anyone?
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Regardless of the fact that I will not be voting for him, I still care who he choose because there is a good chance that he will become POTUS, therefore it is important he pick a competent VP.
 
I think the correct VP selection is important. This is one area I think Obama failed in doing correctly. Biden hasn't helped Obama at all. But the choice of VP depends a lot on what the President thinks he's strong at. Romney considers himself strong as a businessman (the economy) and likely as a leader/executive. So he might consider a man who is strong on foreign policy experience. Romney will likely not be seen as conservative as Bush, so Romney may think he has the ability to work with both parties in Congress. If he doesn't, then he should pick a VP that is trusted by both parties. I think this is where Obama failed. Obama is an ideologue, and should have picked someone who both parties trusted as VP. This could have helped him get more of his agenda through or more compremise.

That's how I see it.

http://campaign2012.washingtonexami...biden-al-franken-leading-legal-scholar/475576

See my point?
 
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iguanaman said:
Funny but I see it as an "all in" move from the 1% joining the Far Right and when it fails this time their game is over. There will be a complete purge of the GOP for 2016 and a return to the middle.
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Well, statistically liberals fail to understand conservatives far more than conservatives fail to understand liberals, so I'm not terribly surprised that you think this.
 
cpwill said:
Well, statistically liberals fail to understand conservatives far more than conservatives fail to understand liberals, so I'm not terribly surprised that you think this.
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Not even sure how you measure that. Did a conservative tell you that? Or are you still misreading the TED talk "The Righteous Mind"?
 
Not that it would matter, but he would do himself a favor by picking Marco Rubio.
 
SheWolf said:
Would Chris Christe do it for you?
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Nope. That would make me less likely to vote for Romney. Don't get me wrong, I like Christie. I like that he is fearless and honest, and I think that his experience in honestly conveying difficult information that folks don't want to hear would be an advantage in an election that will center quite a bit on entitlement reform.

But you can't have small government when you have large amounts of social wreckage. Social Conservatives 'get' that the failure of the family drives the expansion of the welfare state just as much as the expansion of the welfare state drives the destruction of the family. And I don't think that Christie does.

Christie is the best there is at working on the symptoms. I would be looking for evidence that Romney either understands or seeks to surround himself with people that understand the disease.
 
cpwill said:
Nope. That would make me less likely to vote for Romney. Don't get me wrong, I like Christie. I like that he is fearless and honest, and I think that his experience in honestly conveying difficult information that folks don't want to hear would be an advantage in an election that will center quite a bit on entitlement reform.

But you can't have small government when you have large amounts of social wreckage. Social Conservatives 'get' that the failure of the family drives the expansion of the welfare state just as much as the expansion of the welfare state drives the destruction of the family. And I don't think that Christie does.

Christie is the best there is at working on the symptoms. I would be looking for evidence that Romney either understands or seeks to surround himself with people that understand the disease.
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Can you think of a possible candidate that would fit what you are looking for in the VP selection that would accept it if offered? Fantastic explanation of why you don't like Christie, btw! I've never thought of his possible selection in the angle you have.
 
Boo Radley said:
Not even sure how you measure that. Did a conservative tell you that? Or are you still misreading the TED talk "The Righteous Mind"?
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Both misunderstand each other. That's for sure.
 
I don't much care about VP choices as long as the presidential candidate is relatively young and healthy. It was more of a concern with McCain. But the selection process does tell you something about the candidate.
 
Since romney needs to win over evangelical GOPers, he will likely choose ex-AZ congressman j. d. hayworth as his running mate.

Pretty much anyone who is a serial gay/abortion basher is qualified to be his running mate.
 
Pinkie said:
If you are planning to vote for Romney in the General Election, what difference does it make to your choice which person Romney chooses as his VP, assuming it isn't David Duke or someone equally FUBAR?

I just don't see how this could matter.

Explain, anyone?
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I will not vote for Romney regardless of who he chooses as his VP. I plan on voting for a 3rd party candidate if there is one that matches my views or not at all if my state screws third parties this upcoming election. Now if one of the biggest RINOs running for president should have the audacity to choose the epitome of scumbag politicians like Newt Gingrich then I will vote for Obama.
 
Fiddytree said:
Both misunderstand each other. That's for sure.
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solletica said:
Since romney needs to win over evangelical GOPers, he will likely choose ex-AZ congressman j. d. hayworth as his running mate.

Pretty much anyone who is a serial gay/abortion basher is qualified to be his running mate.
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Ladies and gentlemen of the Jury... the defense rests.

GoTim1985 said:
Can you think of a possible candidate that would fit what you are looking for in the VP selection that would accept it if offered? Fantastic explanation of why you don't like Christie, btw! I've never thought of his possible selection in the angle you have.
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I like Daniels from Indiana. or McDonnel from Virginia.
 
cpwill said:
Ladies and gentlemen of the Jury... the defense rests.



I like Daniels from Indiana. or McDonnel from Virginia.
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McDonnel will be a falter on Romneys part, he doesn't need anyone they can crucify like McDonnel.

That one guy from Wisconsin that looks like a dashboard troll with the hair cut off may be better choice.
 
.....nothing you just said seems to flow logically from any premises.

Walker is in the middle of a recall, and hasn't even won reelection yet. McDonnel has the one issue of sonagrams, and can legitimately claim to have been a moderating influence on that issue in his state. The man is wildly popular in his state, which is a swing state - in 2010, even Democrats ran ads about how much they liked him.
 
cpwill said:
.....nothing you just said seems to flow logically from any premises.

Walker is in the middle of a recall, and hasn't even won reelection yet. McDonnel has the one issue of sonagrams, and can legitimately claim to have been a moderating influence on that issue in his state. The man is wildly popular in his state, which is a swing state - in 2010, even Democrats ran ads about how much they liked him.
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Actually they say that they need a game changer but I think not may be just a real conservative like Pawlenty, sure he is blah and plain yet if Romney picks someone and focuses on that I will be president and that is just my VP, you know one guy that didn't have to much stupid come out of his mouth this election year. Or Cantor, though he did say a few stupid things but he may work well as a VP running mate.

Also, I was Referring to Ryan not Walker, which was by the way sarcastic as I don't think he would be a good choice.
 
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I would like to see LTC Allen West as VP. As VP he should head an investigation into the communist infiltration of the U.S. congress. Those communist members such as Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid among many others should be prosecuted and sent away to an undisclosed location never to be seen again.
 
cpwill said:
Well, statistically liberals fail to understand conservatives far more than conservatives fail to understand liberals, so I'm not terribly surprised that you think this.
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I think that's generally accurate. Both misunderstand each other to some degree, but in my observations liberals seem to be more naive regarding conservative motives.


cpwill said:
But you can't have small government when you have large amounts of social wreckage. Social Conservatives 'get' that the failure of the family drives the expansion of the welfare state just as much as the expansion of the welfare state drives the destruction of the family. And I don't think that Christie does.
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Ok, I usually pretty much disregard the standard conservative dogma about family values being the core to economic prosperity, or the lack of being the cause economic ills, but... this is the first time that I have ever seen a rational statement to that effect. Not saying one sentence fragment convinces me, and it's certainly more complex than a single issue, but it's worth pondering.


jamesrage said:
I will not vote for Romney regardless of who he chooses as his VP. I plan on voting for a 3rd party candidate if there is one that matches my views or not at all if my state screws third parties this upcoming election. Now if one of the biggest RINOs running for president should have the audacity to choose the epitome of scumbag politicians like Newt Gingrich then I will vote for Obama.
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This is pretty much me. There are only two reasons I would vote for Obama... 1) Gingrich as an opponent, and 2) Supreme Court make-up. Neither of which are going to be an issue this time around, so no, I won't be voting for Obama. It will be a third party for me as well, probably Libertarian.


SgtRock said:
I would like to see LTC Allen West as VP. As VP he should head an investigation into the communist infiltration of the U.S. congress. Those communist members such as Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid among many others should be prosecuted and sent away to an undisclosed location never to be seen again.
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You're secretly a liberal plant to poison the conservative well, aren't you?
 
SgtRock said:
I would like to see LTC Allen West as VP. As VP he should head an investigation into the communist infiltration of the U.S. congress. Those communist members such as Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid among many others should be prosecuted and sent away to an undisclosed location never to be seen again.
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I'd like to see it too, as it would guarantee an Obama win. :thumbs:
 
AdamT said:
I'd like to see it too, as it would guarantee an Obama win. :thumbs:
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so tell us-what are the issues that cause a lawyer from a fairly prestigious law school to be so anti Romney and such a fan of Obama?
 
palin, bachmann or o donnell.
 
SheWolf said:
I heard Marco isn't willing to run as his VP
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you and 60 million other Americans - He's been saying that he doesn't want the job on FOX for months now.
 
Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall at meetings like this? I wonder who is on the short list, what they're saying about them, what they've found out about them, etc.
 
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